Projects & Practice

Converting a former vicarage into a community care centre

Keywords:: Job creation, LEADER/CLLD, Rural services, Social inclusion, Social services
Countries:: Germany

Offering health and support services to elderly people and those in need by converting a former vicarage into a community care facility.

FAKT - Catch crops for agriculture and horticulture

Keywords:: Agriculture, Environmental protection, Nature conservation, RDPs
Countries:: Germany

Catch crops supported by the AEC measure in Baden-Württemberg play a key role in reducing the nitrate level in the region.

The new cooperative store at Ballstädt

Keywords:: LEADER/CLLD, Rural services, Rural SMEs
Countries:: Germany

The local community of Ballstadt created a financially self-sustaining combined village shop and café, which acts as an important meeting place for the local community.

Water buffaloes preserving biodiversity and wetland landscape

Keywords:: Animal husbandry, Biodiversity, LEADER/CLLD, Protected areas
Countries:: Germany

A herd of water buffalo helps preserve biodiversity and wetland landscape in a Natura 2000 area in Berlin, Germany.

Setting up a renewable energy visitor centre in Feldheim – Germany

Keywords:: Bioeconomy, Climate change adaptation, Energy efficiency, LEADER/CLLD, Renewable energy
Countries:: Germany

RDP funding helped convert a disused building into an inspiring renewable energy visitor centre in Feldheim – Germany’s first village to be supplied with 100 % renewable energy.